Do climate concerns and worries predict energy preferences? A meta-analysis

Lorteau, Steve; Muzzerall, Parker; Deneault, Audrey-Ann; Kennedy, Emily Huddart; Rocque, Rhéa; Racine, Nicole; Bureau, Jean-François

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114149

Energy Policy

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114149

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Do climate concerns and worries predict energy preferences? A meta-analysis

Steve Lorteau,

Parker Muzzerall,

Audrey-Ann Deneault

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Democrats and Republicans choose solar panels in very similar ways

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IntroductionAppealing to individuals’ social identity is a powerful form of social influence, capable of changing the way people process information, the information they think about, and how they evaluate other individuals. The purpose of this study is to explore the idea that Democrat and Republican environmental norms may impact the attributes and strategies partisans use when choosing whether to have solar panels on a house.MethodsAn online study with N = 363 participants was conducted to examine these possible effects through multi-attribute decision making, applying predefined decision process models to participant behavior to test which attribute-based models best describe participants’ decision making. A choice task was combined with an experimental manipulation of political affiliation salience to examine whether the norms of political groups would have influence on decision behavior.ResultsResults of the study show remarkable similarities between political parties in their strategies for choosing solar panels. Members of both political parties appeared to use similar strategies and similar attributes for the formation of their decisions.DiscussionRecommendations are made that science communicators and policy makers avoid polarizing language so as not to create unnecessary polarization where ideological gaps may not currently exist.

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Do climate concerns and worries predict energy preferences? A meta-analysis

Cited by 3 publications

References 124 publications

Evidence on environmentally conscious consumers’ preferences for energy-use automation in Germany and Spain

Evidence on environmentally conscious consumers’ preferences for energy-use automation in Germany and Spain

Can a just transition achieve decarbonization? Explaining fossil fuel community opposition in the Canadian Oil Sands

Democrats and Republicans choose solar panels in very similar ways

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